New NHS genetic testing service ‘could save thousands of children’ in England

Rapid analysis of patients' entire genome will allow treatment to begin much faster

Very sick babies and children will be diagnosed and start treatment more quickly thanks to a revolutionary" new genetic testing service being launched by the NHS.

Doctors will gain vital insights within as little as two days into what illnesses more than 1,000 newborns and infants a year in England have from the rapid analysis of blood tests.